The Pole’s game plan was no secret, as he ducked under Sanchez's
first punch and went for a takedown at the outset of the fight.
However, the majority of the first period was spent in the clinch,
where Grabowski hit Sanchez with numerous body shots.

Round two saw the
UFC veteran Sanchez going for the takedown himself. Grabowski,
always content to fight off his back, allowed it and looked for a
submission. He hit a kimura switch and held on to Sanchez's arm to
get the American to tap out. It was the first submission loss in 19
career fights for the “Manic Hispanic.”

"I board a plane on Tuesday and am going to Canada," said
Grabowski, referring to his fight at
Bellator 67 next Friday. "I may be an old rattlesnake but I
move like a young viper."

In a fight that everyone expected to be over within two minutes,
the crowd saw an improbable round two as Lithuanian-born
bodybuilder ">Robert Burneika denied
Marcin
Najman his first pro MMA win.

Piotr
Pedziszewski

Burneika shockingly got it done
against the notorious Najman.

Burneika took a very patient approach to combat exhaustion and was
reluctant to run after Najman, who went in circles around him.
Finally his patience snapped and Burneika pinned Najman on the
fence and clobbered him. The boxer was let off the hook because
Burneika landed several illegal blows to the back of his opponent's
head.

There was no running in round two, when Burneika managed to trip
Najman in a similar scenario. As the punches kept landing, Najman,
much to the delight of the crowd, decided to tap out and was
roundly heckled out of the building.

"[He] who talks much, does little," said Burneika after the fight,
referring to Najman's repeated taunts. Burneika then sarcastically
thanked his foe's coach for "preparing him so well."

Almost two years after their first fight Hans
Stringer once again bested Michal
Fijalka, though it took him a full three rounds this time.
Stringer was the better wrestler and took Fijalka down in every
frame.

The Pole couldn't do much to get off his back and although Stringer
never had any threatening offense, it was more than enough to pull
away on the scorecards. Judges Rafal Dudek and Slawomir
Szamota saw the outcome as 30-28, while Jan Schneider scored it
as 30-27.

Taking the fight on barely more than a day’s notice, Sergej
Grecicho was all business in the cage, submitting Sebastian
Grabarek in 3:01 of the second stanza. The fight was a tightly
contested grappling affair -- both fighters had back mount, but
when Grecicho swept the Pole to full mount in round two it proved
to be a deciding moment. Grabarek gave up his back, and though he
hung on for quite some time, Grecicho found a way to sneak his hand
under his opponent's chin to get the submission victory.

Zabrze-born Peter
Sobotta enjoyed a successful homecoming, as he quickly tapped
out Juan
Manuel Suarez with a rear naked choke in 2:18 of round one.
Sobotta took the Spaniard down right off the bat and went a
submission. Suarez had the opportunity to scramble out, but his
timing was off, allowing Sobotta to move into back control, from
where the outcome was elementary.

P.
Pedziszewski

UFC vet Peter Sobotta cleaned
up Suarez on the ground.

WendresCarlos da
Silva only had two weeks to prepare and borrowed cornermen to
help him out, but it was enough to submit Piotr Strus
early in round two. Strus never found his range and was caught a
few times on the chin by the Brazilian.

It was the ground game that made the difference, however, as the
BJJ purple belt scored a trip takedown early in round two and
immediately secured a brabo choke that elicited the tap out from
the Polish fighter 44 seconds into the period.

Declared "Polish Newcomer of the Year" in 2011, Krzysztof
Jotko had a successful start to his 2012 campaign and
welterweight career by beating Denmark's Damir
Hadzovic via unanimous decision.

Jotko, who struggled with the weight cut, found enough will to keep
scoring points with effective strikes and takedowns, even while
extremely tired. Despite the one-point deduction handed to him by
referee John McCarthy, judge Jan Scheider scored the fight 29-27
and judges Maciej Glabus and Grzegorz
Jakubowski had it 29-28 for the Polish fighter.